INTRODUCTION

Soochow University is a comprehensive university located in the famous garden city of Suzhou (Soochow), Jiangsu, China.The history of Soochow University goes back to later Qing Dynasty when Soochow University was first established in 1900. As one of the oldest Christian universities in China, Soochow University conferred China's first Master Degree of Chemistry in 1917.

By incorporation of private Soochow University, private Jiangnan University and Sunan Cultural and Educational College, Sunan Teachers' College was established in August, 1952. With approval from Education Ministry of Central Government, it was formally named as Jiangsu Teachers' College in December,1952.

In 1982, Jiangsu Teachers' College was expanded with incorporation of Suzhou School of Finance and Economy. Upon approval from State Council, its name was switched to Suzhou University, under the jurisdiction of the Education Commission, Jiangsu Province.

Currently, Suzhou University has more than 24,000 students, including over 15,000 undergraduates, more than 500 postgraduates and about 8,500 adult education students. It has 3,200 faculty and staff members, including more than 700 professors and associate professors.

Suzhou University provides various programs leading to Bachelor, Master and Ph.D. degrees. It is one of the 100 key construction universities of China listed in the "211 Project" and the current president is Professor Peide Qian.

Suzhou University has 18 schools, namely:

School of Chinese Language and Literature

School of Social Studies

School of Political Science and Public Administration

School of Finance and Economics

School of Law

School of Foreign Languages and Literature

School of Mathematical Science

School of Physical Science and Technology

School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering

School of Engineering

School of Silk Technology

School of Arts

School of Sericulture

School of Aquatic Product

School of Physical Education

School of Professional Technology

School of Adult Education, and

School of International Studies.

School of International Studies

There are 52 graduate programs, 10 doctoral programs, and one post-doctoral program in Suzhou University. Of these programs, 16 have been appraised as key programs of Jiangsu Province. In addition, 4 key laboratories of the Province and 2 national training bases for personnel in liberal arts and natural sciences have been set up in recent years.

Address:
1 Shizi Street
Suzhou, Jiangsu
P. R. China 215006

Tel: 512-522-3614
Fax: 512-523-1918

Suzhou University has several campuses, with a total of 89 hectares in area and 480 thousand square meters of floor space. It has a library with a collection of more than 2,100,000 volumes of books and of more than 4,000 kinds of China and foreign journals.

Following is a list of major leaders of the University in chronological order:

Name	Duration	President	Term
Soochow University	1901.3-1952.7	D. L. Anderson	(1901-1911)
.	.	W. W. Cline	(1911-1922)
.	.	W. B. Nance	(1922-1927)
.	.	Y. C. Yang	(1927-1952.7)
Sunan Teachers' College	1952.8-1952.12	Wu, Tianshi	(1952.8-1952.12)
Jiangsu Teachers' College	1952.12-1982.6	Wu, Tianshi	(1952.12-1954.1)
.	.	Yang, Gong	(1954.1-1958.5)
.	.	Liu, Liren	(1958.5-1968.6)
.	.	Zhang, Naikang	(1978.12-1982.6)
Suzhou University	1982.6-present	Zhang, Naikang	(1982.6-1983.9)
.	.	Chen, Keqian	(1983.9-1989.1)
.	.	Jiang, Lishang	(1989.1-1996)
.	.	Qian, Peide	(1996-present)

It should be noted that Soochow University was re-established in Taiwan in early 1950s. You can visit Soochow University in Taiwan from following gopher site: gopher.scu.edu.tw or WWW site: www.scu.edu.tw. Please be advised that you need a Big5 environment to read most of the articles from Taiwan.

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